Final Exam Flashcards
Where does police solidarity begin?
Solidarity is culturally transmitted through pre and in-service training, where trainers frequently assess the ability of officers to follow protocols
What is “dramaturgy”?
powerful solidarity rites that are designed to display to the world unity and unswerving loyalty
Front stage v. back stage.
Front stage is the streets and back stage is hidden such as the station
Two “camps” for researching police attitudes: which one is the dominant thought today?
The police socialization perspective is dominant today.
Components of the culture of policing.
Generations, small town traditions, military personnel universities.
Solidarity is sentiment.
officers are sentimental toward other officers
Academicians v. adjuncts as professors
Adjunct professors bring experience and wisdom to the university culture
Developing solidarity as officers’ careers progress.
New officers learn from other officers as their career progresses.
Stress training v. academic training.
Stress training was boot camp style training of the Vietnam era. Academic is a learning and testing style of training that is used today.
3 dimensions of solidarity.
- The solidarity of partners.
- The enforcement mandate contributes to solidarity.
- The darkness of solidarity.
Knapp Commission: NYPD.
An investigation into corruption in New York, uncovered patterns of pervasive corruption hidden behind a wall of solidarity.
“Grass eaters.”
Low-Key passive corruption
“Meat eaters.”
serious corruption when large numbers of minor offenders were present but fearful of exposing their own petty criminality.
How can solidarity be dissolved?
When internal affairs goes after corruption
CMPD police academy cheating scandal.
Academy classes passed around a study guide that in fact was a cheat sheet.
Police: outsiders or insiders?
Police see themselves as outsiders, different from citizens, apart and special.
Solidarity v. Outsiders.
The themes of solidarity and of outsiders pose different kinds of questions about culture.
Outsiders are invisible.
Staying invisible helps officers by staying out of trouble
Postulates of invisibility.
officers protect themselves from prying outside eyes. They particularly focus on departmental brass but, on the whole, they act as guides for avoiding scrutiny.
